These dainty little golden studs have been really popular this summer. The buttery glow of 18ct gold is as pretty and warm as the sun itself. They make the most perfect pair of earrings for those of you searching for the finishing touch for your wedding outfit this summer.

One of the highlights of July for me was discovering the podcast Joan & Jericha. It’s so wrong it’s right and it’s glorious wrongness shines a big light on everyday misogyny without being boringly righteous. Satire is definitely my favourite form of social commentary. British comedy is probably the only thing I ever feel patriotic about. Julia Davis is my comedy queen 👑❤️ It was the first time I’d come across Vicki Pepperdine and I loved her in it too. I need a new something to listen to but this one is going to be hard to beat. Whatcha got Insta fam? Heard anything good lately? Comedy would be great but I also love that real life crime shiz that podcasts do so well! Or something educational 🤔🤓

To those of you who got my newsletter yesterday, there’s only an hour and a half left to grab yourself something special at half the price. This one-of-a-kind Romance Totem necklace is one of the things you could make a massive saving on. ❤️Sale ends at 7pm

A perfect pairing for a simple summer style. My Pebble necklace and bracelet are just two of many pieces in my half price flash sale. I’ll be sending out the newsletter early this evening. Make sure you’re signed up as the sale is a subscriber treat! The discount code will be in the newsletter and the sale will be for 24 hours from the time of the email. So many of the newsletters I subscribe to end up in my Spam folder 😱so make sure to check yours. And if you don’t see the newsletter subscription box pop up when you go to my site, go to the bottom of my About page to sign up ❤️

Up your summer necklace game tomorrow with 50% off ALL silver and gold-plated jewels in my shop. Don’t forget, it’s a subscriber-only special and is for only 24 hours. Head over to my site to sign up for my mailing list if you haven’t already. I’ll be sending out a secret 🤫discount code sometime tomorrow afternoon, so make sure to check your inbox and junk folders, just in case. Don’t worry, I’m incredibly useless when it comes to newsletters, so you’ll probably only get a few a year 😂🤣

Finally got round to watching Nanette and it’s going to be with me for a long long time. @hannah_gadsby , along with breaking my heart, has filled me with excitement. The success of Nanette feels like a potent symbol of how this game of life is changing. Important viewing packing aaaaall the goddamn feels. What. A. Woman. ❤️💪🏽

I have a sweeeeet subscriber only deal coming very soon my lovelies. Are you on my mailing list? Head over to my website to sign up if not. I’ll be sending out details to subscribers next week. Those of you on my mailing list will receive a secret code for 50% off all silver and gold-plated jewellery 🤩The sun puts me in a giving mood 🌞❤️ I’ll be sending the newsletter on Monday so check your inboxes and junk mail to be sure you see it as it’s a flash sale and lasts 24 hours xx www.marciavidal.co.uk

How summery are these sizzling sapphires?? 🤩Such uplifting, positive colours. They’re gorgeous and organic, with some slightly cloudy inclusions. I personally love my stones with some imperfections as they look more magical to me and of-the-earth. I’m taking a break from my studio as the heat today has made it pure sufferation to be playing with fire 🔥😰😳so I’m thinking up some future designs (aka staring at pretty stones). That’s the best use of my time on such a soporific summers day. (Well, I guess I could be doing my overdue accounts too but, you know, GEMSTONES 💎 ) What do you think I should make with these beauties? A couple will definitely be engagement rings. Would you wear a bright yellow engagement ring? I think it would bring daily joy 😃

I’m glowing inside from all the love and transformation at the magical Buddhafields festival this weekend. My heart is full to bursting. I spent about 80% of the festival doing workshops in the Women’s tent and I’m overflowing with the power and magic of the sisterhood. Is there a Women’s Tent here in London? There really should be. There really is nowt more healing than women of all generations coming together and sharing their experiences, wounds and insecurities and subsequently, growing stronger through and with each other. I’d love to find a regular space here in the city for such a thing. If you know of or organise any women’s groups in London, mention them in the comments. BIG love 💗

Satisfyingly simple. The clean lines of these wedding rings make my eyes happy. Chunky minimalism. I’m looking forward to designing an engagement ring to go with either of these rings. I also want to make a couple for myself to stack with some silver bands. How many of you love stacking rings?

So, it's that time of year when we all make promises to ourselves. Promises we hope will make us the people we aspire to be.

Something that should feature high on all of our resolution lists is to be kinder to ourselves in the coming year. The kinder we are to ourselves, the kinder we will be to others.

The most precious way I have found to be kind to myself is through a regular meditation practise. Supposedly, it takes only a few weeks of regular practise for something to become a natural part of your routine and I have now reached a stage where my morning meditation is like brushing my teeth. If release myself into the world without meditating, I feel like I have a fine layer of plaque on my brain and feel much less equipped to deal with whatever the day may chuck my way. Meditation is free and takes only 20 minutes out of your day and can be practised anywhere and by anyone. There are many different techniques and which one you prefer is very personal. I spent some years practising Transcendental Meditation which uses mantra as a focus. The past few years I have been using the Buddhist Mindfulness of Breathing technique.

This is my personal favourite because it's gentle and calming and very accessible to everyone. You don't need to pay for training, the explanations on how to practise can all be downloaded from the site above.

Meditation can be massively life changing if you approach it with a bit of dedication. Just like going to the gym, if you only go once a month you wont really notice much of a change. Taking 20 minutes out of your day to recalibrate your mind will gradually create more and more space in your consciousness, enabling you to deal better with life's obstacles and those niggling thoughts that can plague us all. My personal meditation journey has not led me to become a blissed-out Buddha who never loses her shit or cries her way through a whole tub of ice-cream, but it has led me, day by day, to a deeper and more empowered understanding of myself. It's also an invaluable tool for anyone creative. Creating that space in your brain allows you to reach deeper into your psyche for inspiration and can create a clarity in your creative vision. I did my first Vipassana (10 day silent meditation) this summer and have hardly been able to keep up with all of the ideas my brain has been popping out since. It's like it unlocked some secret door in my noggin.

I hear a lot of people say that they can't meditate. I think this is because of the idea that the point of meditation is to quiet your mind and that you have failed at it if your mind isn't quiet. I have been meditating for years and my mind is rarely quiet for long during a sitting. It's training like any other discipline but, unlike other things you train at, there is no such thing as "being good" or "being bad" at meditating. There is just either doing it or not doing it.

If you would like to ease yourself into a meditation practise but often feel overwhelmed by the volume of your thoughts when you sit silently, start by practising yoga, which was originally designed to prepare the body and mind for meditation. Or, my personal favourite mind-calming and magic-creating technique - yoga nidra. For something that involves nothing more than lying down (Yes! LYING DOWN! Who doesn't love that?) and listening, the effects on your brain are quite amazing. Get yourself this CD or, better yet, find a local group session.

I hope you all find some way of being lovely to yourselves this year. Happy 2015.